Diesel prices, too, didn't see any respite, with the price of diesel in the national capital recorded at Rs 73.78 per litre, while the price of diesel in Mumbai priced at Rs 78.33 per litre.
Fuel prices continued to rise across the country, with petrol being priced at Rs 82.06 per litre in New Delhi and Rs 89.44 in Mumbai.
Diesel prices, too, didn't see any respite, with the price of diesel in the national capital recorded at Rs 73.78 per litre, while the price of diesel in Mumbai priced at Rs 78.33 per litre.
Petrol at Rs 82.06/litre (increase by Rs 0.15/litre) and diesel at Rs 73.78/litre (increase by Rs 0.6/litre) in Delhi. Petrol at Rs 89.44/litre (increase by Rs 0.15/litre) and diesel at Rs 78.33/litre (increase by Rs 0.7/litre) in Mumbai.
However, the Centre has maintained that external factors, including a rise in international crude oil prices, are influencing domestic fuel prices.
On Sunday, Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday said the ruling party might have found a way to get "free" crude oil.
In a series of tweets, the former finance minister also attacked the Narendra Modi government for allegedly failing to curb the flow of black money in the economy. While the Union government has asserted that it will not cut fuel prices, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has claimed that the "Centre will soon arrest fuel prices", said Chidambaram in a tweet. "BJP must have found a crude oil source that will supply crude oil free!," he quipped.
Shah had on Saturday blamed international developments for the rising petrol and diesel prices and dipping rupee value. Speaking at an event in Hyderabad, the BJP chief had said that the Centre was concerned about the rising fuel prices and will come out with a solution soon. Petrol price last week touched Rs 81.63 per litre in New Delhi and Rs 89.01 per litre in Mumbai. Diesel prices rose to Rs 73.54 per litre in Delhi and Rs 78.07 per litre in Mumbai.
Attacking the government for its claims that black money has been wiped out by demonetization and GST, Chidambaram cited Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat's statement that democracy was under threat from black money.
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